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Author Dubow, Sara.

Title Ourselves unborn : a history of the fetus in modern America / Sara Dubow.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  RG600 .D83 2011    Available  ---
Description viii, 308 p. : ill. ; 25cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-296) and index.
Contents Introduction : fetal stories -- Discovering fetal life, 1870s-1920s -- Interpreting fetal bodies, 1930s-1970s -- Defining fetal personhood, 1973-1976 -- Defending fetal rights, 1970s-1990s -- Debating fetal pain, 1984-2007 -- Epilogue : fetal meanings.
Subject Fetus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Fetus -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Obstetrics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Perinatology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780195323436 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195323432 (hardcover : alk. paper)